RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1963. [Letter to S. P. Woodward, 9 June [1851]]. Sotheby & Co. Catalogue of valuable printed books. London.

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2023. RN1

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476 Charles Darwin

Darwin (Charles) A.L.s., 3 1/2 pp., 8vo, 9 June 1851 [to S. P. Woodward] seeking further information about a scientific paper by Professor Kolliker on the male Argonaut which his correspondent had shown him in the British Museum.

... I cannot remember anything about them: are they permanently fixed on the female? ... Also how does the male get to the female and how does it obtain its food? …

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